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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These development office practices turn people off from donating.  We have gotten requests for specific numbers and we always reduce our donation in response.  As long as you donate something as a current parent they should leave you alone for the remainder of the year.[/quote]

Believe it or not, there’s an art and a social science to fundraising. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.  Many of us still feel crunched in the middle class, and one bad turn of events from being unemployed.  But people who are fabulously wealthy and can make big donations know that they are fabulously wealthy, and they actually like being asked.  [/quote]

We are wealthy and we don’t like people claiming our money.  It feels like both entitlement and transactional.  We are more than just extremely wealthy but have to deal with asks all the time.[/quote]

Well, maybe you’re not fabulously wealthy.  And maybe you’re just not philanthropic, if you’re more annoyed than flattered. But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say there are probably causes that you do enjoy giving to.  So you’re only annoyed by the causes that you’re not interested in.  
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Don’t feel insulted.  We give generously but the constant ask is really not flattering.  It becomes insulting when everyone around you is just trying to milk you.  Either you recognize that or not.  Some people relish the attention and power that wealth gives them.  Others are more grounded and prefer genuine relationships.[/quote]

Thank you. I’m not insulted and I appreciate the candid conversation.  I think you said something very important: relationships.  Obviously relationships without philanthropy, but in the context of this conversation, building relationships makes a huge difference in the field of philanthropy. [/quote]

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